Maternity services

View the Guide to Eligibility to see who is eligible for publicly funded maternity services in New Zealand.

Maternity services update

June 2019: As of 1 July all primary maternity services providers, including community midwives, must comply with new legally mandated information sharing requirements. This impacts what personal information providers share about clients to whom and when. The requirements aim to better enable the safety and wellbeing of families, whanau, communities and children and young people in care. More information on how this might affect your practice is available on the New information sharing schemes page.

Information for midwives on the work the Ministry is undertaking in the maternity sector. This includes updates on the co-design process, midwifery funding and the mediation with New Zealand College of Midwives.
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